Clearly that’s unique and must be appreciated. That takes some tough practice to keep it in line after that twist and turn . If Modern day batsmen can play all kind of scoops , @ICC should allow this kind of bowling talent too.

The bowler changed his bowling arm thus the announced bowling side is also changed without informing the umpire therefore it was a dead ball. Decision from the rules book by the umpire 🙌 deserves congratulations.

A batsman is allowed to change from left to right handed and back again when they bat, but a bowler has to bowl a certain way and isn't allowed the slightest change. Bowlers use funny run ups all the time. What was wrong with that? As long as he bowled with the correct arm.

The relevant ruling appears to be in section 41 of the ICC’s official rulebook under ‘unfair play’.

Section 41.2 states:

“The umpires shall be the sole judges of fair and unfair play. If either umpire considers an action, not covered by the Laws, to be unfair he/she shall intervene without appeal and, if the ball is in play, call and signal Dead ball and implement the procedure as set out in 41.19. Otherwise umpires shall not interfere with the progress of play without appeal except as required to do so by the Laws.”

And under 41.4:

“It is unfair for any fielder deliberately to attempt to distract the striker while he/she is preparing to receive or receiving a delivery. If either umpire considers that any action by a fielder is such an attempt, he/she shall immediately call and signal Dead ball and inform the other umpire of the reason for the call.”

Bizarre day in cricket circles

It wasn’t the first strange occurrence in the cricket world in the last 24 hours, with England skipper Joe Root shocking purists by fielding on his knees.

Root employed the bizarre tactic during the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

With debutant spinner Jack Leach bowling, Root decided to drop down to his knees while fielding at second slip.

But rather than pop up once Leach delivered the ball, he stayed on his knees the whole time.